Tombstone and Coping Circa 5 Metres South of Nave in Churchyard of St Helen Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1988. A Early Modern Tombstone.
Tombstone and Coping Circa 5 Metres South of Nave in Churchyard of St Helen Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-entrance-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1988
- Type
- Tombstone
- Period
- Early Modern
- OS grid reference
- TL 146 903
- Coordinates
- 52.49898, -0.31268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This tombstone and coping, located approximately 5 metres south of the nave in the churchyard of St Helen Parish Church, dates from 1641. Made of limestone, it features plain coping with a foot stone and a gabled headstone. The inscription reads, "HERE LIE THE BODY OF M. WILLIAM COCK - ERIILL WHO WAITE - ETH FOR A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION WHO DECDTHE 24 DAY OF FEBRUARY."
Local climate
Tombstone and Coping Circa 5 Metres South of Nave in Churchyard of St Helen Parish Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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